Bluetooth Unplugfest: Bangkok

[george]

Bluetooth UnPlugFest: Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- The Asian stop for this year's Bluetooth UnPlugFests is Bangkok from June 11–16, and just as the Bluetooth market continues to expand, so does UnPlugFest. The scope of this year's UnPlugFest is expanding beyond interoperability testing to include security testing, robustness testing, multi-profile testing and Profile Tuning Suite verification.

"UnPlugFests are a key component of the Bluetooth qualification program, and with help from companies like Frontline [this year's sponsor of UnPlugFest] we've been able to enhance this year's program to include even more testing benefits for our members," said Michael Foley, executive director of the Bluetooth SIG. "Ensuring interoperability among all Bluetooth devices on the market is of the highest priority to our organization -- and we expect 2006 to be an even bigger year than 2005 in terms of the number of devices qualified -- so we hope as many members as possible participate in these critical events."

There is good reason for Foley's optimism: Bluetooth wireless technology continues to surpass volume expectations and is currently shipping more than nine million products per week globally. At the end of 2005, more than 272 million units were on the market, twice the number of units shipped in 2004, according to research firm Strategy Analytics.

For more information on this year's UnPlugFests, visit http://programs.bluetooth.org/upf/

--TelecomAsia.net 2006-02-28